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Renesas Electronics receives USB-IF certification for USB 3.0-SATA3 bridge SoC
Renesas Electronics receives USB-IF certification for USB 3.0-SATA3 bridge SoC
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Renesas Electronics' SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0) SATA3 bridge system-on-chip (SoC), part number, µPD720230, has passed the certification testing by the…
Heliatek claims world record for organic solar cells with certified 9.8 percent cell efficiency
Heliatek claims world record for organic solar cells with certified 9.8 percent cell efficiency
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Heliatek GmbH, a global leader in high-end solar PV technology, is claiming a new world record for organic solar cells…
Single molecule junctions stretch electrical conductance to the limit
Single molecule junctions stretch electrical conductance to the limit
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Individual molecules have been used to create electrical components like resistors, transistors and diodes that mimic the properties of familiar…
KeyStone multicore architecture scaled to support cloud RAN applications and networked servers
KeyStone multicore architecture scaled to support cloud RAN applications and networked servers
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Texas Instruments (TI) has unveiled an expansion of its KeyStone multicore architecture for emerging cloud radio access network (C-RAN) applications…

Magna brings camera-based driver assistance systems to volume markets
Magna brings camera-based driver assistance systems to volume markets
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Magna International has developed a driver assistance system that uses a single, forward-looking video camera to provide safety and convenience features such as forward collision and lane departure warnings. More…
Instant 3-D nanodots grow on silicon to create innovative nanosensors
Instant 3-D nanodots grow on silicon to create innovative nanosensors
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Scientists at the University of Limoges have shown that it is possible to simultaneously create highly reproductive three-dimensional silicon oxide nanodots on micrometric scale silicon films in only a few…
Voltage comparator offers fast response time at industry’s lowest current consumption
Voltage comparator offers fast response time at industry’s lowest current consumption
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STMicroelectronics has introduced a high-speed voltage comparator that claims to offer the market’s best ratio of current consumption to response time.
TI scales up KeyStone multicore architecture to support cloud RAN applications and networked server developers
TI scales up KeyStone multicore architecture to support cloud RAN applications and networked server developers
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Texas Instruments Incorporated has unveiled an expansion of its KeyStone multicore architecture for emerging cloud radio access network (C-RAN) applications and network server developers. Specifically, TI is scaling its KeyStone…
KeyStone multicore architecture scaled to support cloud RAN applications
KeyStone multicore architecture scaled to support cloud RAN applications
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Texas Instruments (TI) has unveiled an expansion of its KeyStone multicore architecture for emerging cloud radio access network (C-RAN) applications and network server developers. Specifically, TI is scaling its KeyStone…
Research may yield thermo PVs without mirror arrays
Research may yield thermo PVs without mirror arrays
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MIT researchers are theorizing that using an array of precisely spaced microscopic holes to concentrate sunlight in thermophotovoltaic devices would potentially make for simpler and less expensive systems than systems…
Vehicle electrification – power electronics is the key to success
Vehicle electrification – power electronics is the key to success
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Flexible, highly efficient power electronics are a central requirement to make electromobility a success. To achieve maximum power density, electric losses and thermal resistances must be kept to a minimum,…
System-In-Package European project PARSIMO awarded €4.9 million
System-In-Package European project PARSIMO awarded €4.9 million
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Silvaco Europe, a provider of computer aided design (TCAD) and electronic design automation (EDA) software, and its partners have been awarded a €4.9 million project to develop advanced software modelling…
IBM to produce Micron’s Hybrid Memory Cube with 3D CMOS
IBM to produce Micron’s Hybrid Memory Cube with 3D CMOS
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Micron Technology has announced the production of a new memory device built using the first commercial CMOS manufacturing technology to employ through-silicon vias (TSVs) on IBM's advanced TSV chip-making process.
Silvaco Europe and partners receive funding for PARSIMO SiP European design project
Silvaco Europe and partners receive funding for PARSIMO SiP European design project
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Silvaco Europe Ltd., a provider of computer aided design (TCAD) and electronic design automation (EDA) software, and its partners have been awarded a €4.9 million project to develop advanced software…
Imec’s interdigitated back-contact silicon solar cells deliver an efficiency above 23 percent
Imec’s interdigitated back-contact silicon solar cells deliver an efficiency above 23 percent
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A conversion efficiency of 23.3% on interdigitated back-contact (IBC) silicon solar cell has been demonstrated by Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (Imec) working together with its silicon photovoltaic industrial affiliation program partners…
Maxwell Technologies joins EU research program to study graphene use in energy storage
Maxwell Technologies joins EU research program to study graphene use in energy storage
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Maxwell Technologies, Inc’s Swiss subsidiary will integrate and evaluate graphene-based electrode material produced through a European Union (EU)-funded technology development program entitled, ElectroGraph.
UCLA shows low-cost printing process for OLED backplane transistors
UCLA shows low-cost printing process for OLED backplane transistors
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Researchers from Aneeve Nanotechnologies, a startup company at UCLA's on-campus technology incubator at the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI), have demonstrated the use of low-cost ink-jet printing to fabricate circuits composed…
Highly efficient and reliable power supply for LED street lighting
Highly efficient and reliable power supply for LED street lighting
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Long operating life is one of the rationales for implementing street lighting systems based on LED technology. In such applications, it is essential that the power supply features the same…
Ratiometricity, digital signal correction enable high-res, low-noise smart sensors
Ratiometricity, digital signal correction enable high-res, low-noise smart sensors
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Marko Mailand, ZMDI examines how the ratiometric measurement principleand digital signal correction enable the development of high-res, low-noise smart sensors.
Audio converter subsystem design in the 21st century – Part 1: Overview
Audio converter subsystem design in the 21st century – Part 1: Overview
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Ian Dennis, Technical Director, Prism Sound Group provides an overview of audio converter subsystem design in the 21st century.
Mobile emergency alert system pilot to deliver rich media
Mobile emergency alert system pilot to deliver rich media
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Beyond life-saving emergency broadcasts and simple text alerts, a next-generation emergency alert system is now in the works that could have far-reaching public safety benefits – both for first responders…
Voltage-mode CRM PFC for lighting offers higher efficiency, improves reliability
Voltage-mode CRM PFC for lighting offers higher efficiency, improves reliability
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Alexander Craig, Principal Application Engineer, Fairchild Semiconductor Corp explains how a voltage-mode CRM PFC for lighting offers higher efficiency and improves reliability.
IDT reveals world’s first commercial piezoelectric MEMS oscillators
IDT reveals world’s first commercial piezoelectric MEMS oscillators
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Integrated Device Technology, Inc., has developed and demonstrated the world's first commercially available oscillators incorporating piezoelectric microelectromechanical system (pMEMS) resonators. IDT’s oscillators take advantage of the pMEMS resonator's high native…
Primary-side-control with active PFC offline LED controller
Primary-side-control with active PFC offline LED controller
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Naixing Kuang and Zhijun Ye of Monolithic Power Systems outlien how to achieve primary-side-control with an active PFC offline LED controller.
High-voltage CMOS, high-voltage Flash and RF Multi Project Wafer services schedule is released for foundry customers
High-voltage CMOS, high-voltage Flash and RF Multi Project Wafer services schedule is released for foundry customers
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austriamicrosystems’ Full Service Foundry business unit has released its further expanded fast and cost-efficient IC prototyping service, known as Multi-Project Wafer (MPW) or shuttle run, with a more extensive schedule…
Samsung samples first dual-core ARM A15 chips for tablet PCs
Samsung samples first dual-core ARM A15 chips for tablet PCs
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Samsung Electronics has started shipping the industry's first samples of a dual-core ARM Cortex-A15 processor for high end tablet PCs.
Book excerpt: The Advanced Smart Grid – Edge Power Driving Sustainability (Part 1 of 2)
Book excerpt: The Advanced Smart Grid – Edge Power Driving Sustainability (Part 1 of 2)
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Placing emphasis on practical "how-to" guidance, this 2011 book from Artech House provides a first-hand, insider's perspective on the advent and evolution of smart grids in the 21st century (smart…
Imec demonstrates interdigitated back-contact silicon solar cells with efficiency above 23%
Imec demonstrates interdigitated back-contact silicon solar cells with efficiency above 23%
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Imec together with its silicon photovoltaic industrial affiliation program partners Schott Solar, Total, Photovoltech, GDF-SUEZ, Solland Solar, Kaneka and Dow Corning, have demonstrated an excellent conversion efficiency of 23.3% on…


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